Arysta LifeScience’s New Herbicide Earns Broader Approval in Europe
21 December 2011 Noguères, France – Following an approval restricted to sugar beets, Arysta LifeScience has earned unrestricted approval of Clethodim in 15 of the 27 EU countries.
The post-emergence herbicide is now available in Europe for use on sugar beets, oil seed rape, sunflower and potatoes, according to Arysta.
The implementing regulation amending the condition of approval of clethodim was adopted during the December 9 meeting of the Standing Committee on Food Chain and Animal Health in Brussels. Removal of the restriction means that all uses of clethodim, registered on 30 November 2011, can continue, according to Arysta.
As soon as the decision for a restricted approval was taken in January 2011, Arysta LifeScience submitted a supplementary dossier, containing new data, to reconfirm the safety of clethodim and to allow for a decision to lift the restrictions in the clethodim approval.
While working on the removal of the restrictions, Arysta LifeScience also continued the development of clethodim in Europe.
“Clethodim is an important compound in Arysta LifeScience’s portfolio and a key product for the European graminicide market,” said Kevin P. Smith, President and CEO of Arysta LifeScience SAS. “This full approval together with new projects on clethodim will ensure that clethodim remains an important tool for the European farmer.”
Source: Arysta LifeScience, Edited by Stefanie A. Toth, web editor
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